Part One West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday, 16th January, 1852. WANTED, A Good Cook, of the Church of England religion, for a small family. She must assist the maid. No dairy kept. Wages good. Application to Mr. GILL, Bookseller, Penry; or, at the Office of this Paper. Dated January 12, 1852. CORNWALL EPIPHANY SESSIONS - Wednesday, January 7. WILLIAM SMITH, was charged with stealing at the parish of Lewannick, on the 31st of May, 1849, an iron [....?] and chain, the property of EDWARD ARCHER, Esq. Mr. PETER of Launceston, conducted the prosecution; Mr. DARKE the defence. It appeared that Mr. Archer's keeper, WILLIAM HAYNES, set three gins in Trekellan [.......?] on Lewannick Downs, for the purpose of catching vermin; and on the following morning he found that the stakes to which they had been fixed had been released. The gins and chains were marked E.A., on the back, but in a manner not easily observable. The gins having been missed as long ago as May, 1849, it appears that in September last, Haynes, the keeper, was in Doney's blacksmith's shop, at Congdon's shop, in the parish of Northhill, and there saw a gin which he immediately recognised as the property of his master Mr. Archer; and he took possession of it. The tracing of the property to the smith's shop was as follows:- About Easter 1850, the prisoner sold the gin to a young man called JOHN PETER, who kept it for almost one year and a half, and then sold it to a farm assistant named RICHARD SLEEP, who took it to the smith's shop for repair. There was also evidence that in May 1850, the prisoner vaunted that, notwithstanding [...?} Archer's keepers, he could catch all the hares on Lewannick Down; and said he had sold one of Mr. Archer's gins for a quart of beer. For the defence, considerable doubt as to the proof of identity of the gin was elicited in cross-examination of the prosecutor's witnesses; a good character of the prisoner was given in respect of honesty; and it was shown that the prisoner's vaunt of catching all the hares on Lewannick Down was made when he had been drinking, and to one of Mr. Archer's keeper's assistants; and it was urged that this was a mere joke at the expense of the keepers. At the close of the case for the prosecution the Court directed an Acquittal. The evidence adduced showed that a period of full ten months had elapsed from the time the property was lost, until the prisoner was at all shown to be connected with it; and therefore, he ought not to be called on to account for [the?] possession of it. JOHN RICHARDS, the younger, pleaded - Guilty of stealing on the 29th of November last, at the parish of Wendron, two gallons of apples and one sack, the property of WILLIAM LANYON. The prosecutor recommended the prisoner to mercy, and a good character was put in from his previous employer. Sentence Three Months' Hard Labour. A REMARKABLE CASE OF STRONG SWEARING - ELIZABETH OATES, a respectable looking widow of a small farmer of St. Just, was charged with stealing, on the 13th of October, a silver watch and chain, the property of MICHAEL HARVEY, a miner of St. Just in Penwith. Mr. DARKE conducted the prosecution; Mr. STOKES the defence. It appeared that, on the death of her husband, the prisoner was left with one child, and in possession of the house in which she was living at the time of the alleged felony in moderately comfortable circumstances; but the trustees under her husband's will, for some reasons best known to themselves, put Michael Harvey and his wife in charge of the house to live with Mrs. Oates; and violent disagreements between Mrs. Oates and Mrs. Harvey were the consequence. SARAH HARVEY, wife of the prosecutor, gave her evidence in an extraordinary way, especially under cross-examination, interlarding her testimony with violent asseverations that she was speaking truth, if she was at death's door in the day of judgment. She was several times reproved by the Chairman, who told her that the solemnity of the oath was quite sufficient to impress her with a serious regard for truth. She stated that her husband had a silver watch, which used to be kept hung up at a dresser in the kitchen. She saw it hanging there about seven o'clock in the evening of the 13th of October; she put her husband's supper at the fire, at that time, and then after sitting down a few minutes in the kitchen, went out of the house a few minutes to a hedge, across the road for some stockings, leaving no one in the house but Elizabeth Oates, and three children in bed. Her son Michael was not in the house at the time. As she was returning into the kitchen, she saw a candle light at the window, and looking across the road into the kitchen, saw the prisoner come out of the dairy into the kitchen, put her hand up to the crook of the dresser and take down the watch. Prisoner went from the kitchen into the back kitchen, and witness followed her into the back-kitchen. Prisoner went into the dairy behind the back kitchen, and then came out again with her child on her shoulders, and up stairs. Prisoner was in the habit of going in and out of the kitchen in the same way as witness did. As witness passed through the kitchen, she saw that the watch was gone from the dresser, and at first went to search for it in the dairy, thinking the prisoner had put it there. Not finding it, witness went to prisoner's bed-room and said to her "Where is the watch you have taken from the dresser?" Prisoner said, "I have not taken it." Witness replied, "You have: I saw you." She then (said the witness) began to blackguard me, made use of a great oath and threatened what she would do if I did not go down stairs. About a fortnight or three weeks afterwards, I went before the magistrates and made the charge against the prisoner. I have not seen the watch since, and I do not know where the watch is now. I have heard that my son Michael has found it. Cross-Examined:- This woman (the prisoner) did not like my living there in the same house with her; there was never no peace there; she always said she would do me an injury for coming there. I said, if I cannot have the whole house, I will not have part of it; but until that we may as well live in peace, but Job himself could not live in peace with her, and I am not Job's wife (laughter). She many times attempted to take the watch off and dash it in pieces; she said "what business has that watch got there?" and would have lashed it into rags many times. She used to be grieved to see it hang there; I suppose because she used to have one of her husband's own there. I was seven or eight yards from the window outside when I saw her take the watch from the dresser; but I swear I saw her lift her hand to the crook and take down the watch. I did not give her a good beating for taking the watch; I did beat her in the forenoon of the same day because she would not allow me to wash in the kitchen. Then, the enemy was busy; the enemy was in me; twas time for the enemy to be in me at that time. (laughter) (Mr. Stokes. - Oh, I suppose you think it needful now and then to have the assistance of the enemy?) I gave her a good thrashing; I struck her and she struck me; as I am much longer in the arms than she is, I beat her. (laughter) I did not give her as much as she could bear; I had mercy; perhaps the enemy left me then. She did not threaten to have me up before the magistrates for beating her. I went for a warrant the next morning; I had told her if she would return the watch I would overlook it, but otherwise I must go for a warrant. She said "you may go to the enemy for your watch." She was mad; like a two-legged bear. At the time I was before the magistrates I did not know that my son had found the watch, I did not know it till several days afterwards. If I had known it, the case would not have been as it was. If I should now close my eyes in death I have not seen the watch since. I think I know WILLIAM STEVENS, a miner of St. Just; and I know a man called PHILIP HICKS, of St. Just. I remember being at the Wellington Inn, in St. Just, with my husband and seeing them there; but I did not think of it then; because Prophets will arise; God's witnesses will arise; I'll tell the truth for or against me, because I must by and by depart from this world. Philip Hicks asked my man if we had found the watch we had lost; I believe I said we have not seen it nor know any thing about it since it was gone. Hicks did not ask me "do you know who has got it or did you see who took it?" I did not say to him that I did not see any one take it, but that I thought the woman in the house took it. I swear I did not say so, nor any words like it. Hicks said "you don't know who took the watch;" and I said "we do know who took the watch, but we have not seen it since. I did not tell him who took it. I can prove that man to be a liar. I did not say to Hicks that I had given the woman one big beating and if it was to do again, I would give her another, I swear I did not say any thing of the kind. My husband did not say that I had better leave the woman alone; nothing like it. I don't know that the man had five words to say to me. My son Michael is seventeen years old. I am living in the house still with the prisoner; we have lived there peaceable lately; there is no enemy at work there not; Job has been reigning within. MICHAEL HARVEY the younger. I am the son of the last witness. I recollect my father having a watch which I was in the habit of carrying sometimes for weeks together. I heard about the watch being lost; I was living home at the time. I next saw the watch out against the hedge about twenty yards from the house; this was one morning before I went to work; took it up, put it in my pocket, and carried it with me to work; I kept the watch and did not say anything to father or mother about it. I first mentioned it to a boy, JAMES ROBERTS, who worked at the same mine with me. That was three or four days after I found it. I took the watch to my work, and used to leave her at the bal, in the leavings house. Roberts worked there with me, and saw the watch there. I left her there a brave while. I don't know where the watch is now. I left her there at the mine one night, a brave many days after I found her, and when I came next morning, she was gone. I have not seen her since. Cross-Examined:- On the 13th of October the day when the watch was missed, I reached home about six o'clock in the evening; took my supper, and went to a neighbour's house - old TOM DAVEY's. Before I went there, a few minutes after six, I saw the watch hanging at the dresser. When I came back from Tom Davey's, about eight o'clock, I heard my mother say the watch was gone, and that the woman (prisoner) had taken her. I had not had the watch that day. I found her three days afterwards; I went to a hedge for a certain purpose, and pulling up a lock of grass, found the watch under it. I did not tell father or mother that I have found the watch. I swear I never showed the watch to WILLIAM STEVENS, a tin-dresser, at Wheal Cole. William Stevens did not ask me how I came to have a watch of that kind; he did not ask me where I got the watch, nor whose watch it was; he did not say anything to me about the watch. I swear William Stevens did not speak to me at all about the watch. I did not tell him it was my father's watch. Stevens did not tell me that there was a flaw on the face of the watch, and that she ought to have a new dial plate. I was at the mine from day to day in November; I swear I had no conversation with William Stevens, in November, about the watch. Stevens never at any time said to me, "Michael, this is a bad job for you to have the watch in your own keeping, and know it at the same time that Elizabeth Oates is condemned for it." I recollect that I did say to Stevens that it would never have been found out but for the boy Roberts. I did not say to Sevens that I had the watch a fortnight, and that no one knew anything about it; I did not say that if I could put my hand on Roberts I would drown him in the river, and that I owed him 5s., but now would not pay him. Stevens did not say to me that it was a wicked thing of me to keep the watch and not to say anything to the magistrates about it. Stevens asked who was the first one that said anything about the watch; and I said if it had not been for Roberts, it would not have been found out. Mr. Stokes - Do you remember saying to me just now that you never spoke to Stevens at all about the watch! Witness - I told you I never showed him the watch. Mr. Stokes - Did you not also tell me that you had never talked to Stevens about the watch, nor he to you? Witness - Did I? I don't know that I did." The Chairman here read from his notes - William Stevens never did say anything at all to me about the watch. Examination resumed - I showed Roberts the watch, the same day that I found her in the hedge; three or four days after the watch was stolen. I used to leave the watch for nights on a nail in the leavings house, because I did not like to carry it home, for fear I should have a hiding for not bringing her home before. On Saturday afternoon, I let Roberts have the watch, and he kept her till the Monday morning, and then gave her back to me. I did not tell Roberts were I found the watch, nor yet that she belonged to my father. I never told Roberts that I bought her of a boy called WILLIAM EDDY BOYNS. I did not tell my father or mother about the watch, when they came back from going before the magistrates. For the defence, Mr. Stokes addressed the jury. He spoke of the improbability, from the prisoner's circumstances, of her committing such a robbery, and next asserted that it was apparently impossible that Mrs. Harvey could have seen, as she had sworn, Mrs. Oates take down the watch from the dresser, at the distance stated. But, beyond this, Mr. Stokes said he should prove, by most creditable and credible witness, that the evidence of Mrs. Harvey was, at least, not to be relied on, and that the extraordinary evidence of her son, Michael, was wholly undeserving of credit. He also intimated the probability that Michael Harvey, the son, was the actual felon; and strongly insisted on the violent ill-feeling proved to exist in the mind of Mrs. Harvey towards Mrs. Oates, and on the former's expressed determination to get her out of the house, Mr. Stokes called the following witnesses:- JAMES ROBERTS, a lad aged 14 years, (the witness referred to in the evidence of Michael Harvey) stated that Michael Harvey first showed him the watch about a week before Saturday the 25th of October, on which day he let him have the watch till the following Monday. Michael used to keep the watch in his pocket, and sometimes, but very seldom, hang it up. I never saw him hang it up or leave it at the mine at night. When I first saw the watch, I asked him whose it was; and he said he had bought it of William Eddy Boyns. It was a silver watch, and the dial was broken. Cross-Examined - I heard something about the going before the magistrates, but I did not tell any thing about my having seen the watch in his possession, until GEORGE WILLIAMS, the prisoner's brother asked me if I knew anything about the watch. When he let me have the watch on the Saturday, he told me it was because he did not like to carry it home, for fear his father should see it. William Eddy Boyns stated that he never sold, gave, or lent a watch to Michael Harvey, and that he never had any conversation with him about a watch. WILLIAM STEVENS, tin-dresser at Wheal Cole, stated that the witness, Michael Harvey, worked there in October. About two days after the proceedings before the magistrates concerning the prisoner, I saw a watch in his possession. He came down by my workings at tin-dressing, and one of the girls there asked a man what o'clock it was; when Michael Harvey took out a watch from his pocket and gave the time of day. I said to him, "I never knew you had a watch before;" and he said it was his father's watch. I looked to the watch and said it ought to have a new dial plate; it had a flaw in it. I next saw him after I had heard that the prisoner had been taken before the magistrates. I said to him, "tis a very hard job that you have the watch in your possession and Betsy Oates is condemned for stealing the watch." He said "If it had not been for that boy Roberts, it never would have been found out; I had it a fortnight, and no one did not know nothing about it." He also said, if he could put his hand upon the boy Roberts, he would drown him in the river, and, 'I owe him five shillings, but he shall never have it.' This witness also gave the prisoner a very good character. PHILIP HICKS, who gave portions of his important evidence in a very confused manner, said - I live in St. Just, and am a tin-dresser at Wheal Cole. On the 18th of October, I was at the Wellington Inn, St. Just, and saw Mrs. Harvey and her husband there; it was about eight o'clock on a Saturday evening. She said to us she had got a watch stolen. I said to her 'did she know who had got it?' She said "no, no more than she thought it was the woman of the house; I gave her one big beating, and if it was to do again, I would give her another." Michael, her husband said to her 'you had better leave the woman alone.' This witness then said - I think I have left one word out; I asked her, "did she know who had got it, and did she see any person take it?" I am quite clear I asked her if she did see any body take it. The witness who had known the prisoner nearly twenty years, gave her a good character as a quiet honey woman. WILLIAM MICHELL, (a lad 17 years old) a miner at Wheal Cole, was at the Wellington Inn on the occasion referred to by the last witness, and confirmed his testimony. JOHN POLLARD, farmer, of St. Just, gave the prisoner a good character, having known her 15 years. Mr. DARKE addressed the Jury in reply; and, after a careful summing up by the Chairman, the Jury in less than three minutes returned a verdict of Acquittal. The verdict was received with clapping of hands, in which some gentlemen in the Grand Jury joined. They were reproved by the Chairman. Sir COLMAN RASHLEIGH immediately ordered the witnesses Sarah and Michael Harvey, to be held in custody while he went to consult the senior Chairman, Mr. LETHBRIDGE. On his return, Sir Colman Rashleigh addressing the two witnesses said:- Sarah and Michael Harvey, the court detained you while consulting Mr. Lethbridge whether we should not commit you in order to be prosecuted for perjury. That you, Michael Harvey, have committed wilful and corrupt perjury in that box there can be no doubt. And I very much fear that your mother also has done the same. I would have it known by all persons who come to this Court, that we have the power to commit at once and to order prosecution for perjury at the next Assizes. As we think there would be some difficulty in proving the case, we shall not do so on this occasion. I have also just heard that you (Michael) are of weak intellect; and that circumstance has weighed with the Court. If you have sufficient intellect to know right from wrong, you must know you have committed an awful crime in this Court - one of the worst crimes that a human being can be guilty of. I advise you when you go home, to be more careful how you behave in future. The witnesses were then discharged; but Michael's expenses were not allowed. JOHN BURLEY was Acquitted of stealing a pair of stockings from WILLIAM CRADOCK, of St. Clement, Truro, on the 1st of July. The main point urged in defence by Mr. STOKES was the length of time - nearly four months - which elapsed between the time of the property being lost, and the prisoner's being proved to be in possession of it. The prisoner also received a good character from Mrs. TIDDY, and from Mr. RICHARD ROBINS, of Truro. WILLIAM RICKARD, 17, pleaded Guilty on two indictments - one charging him with stealing, on or about the 1st of December, from the sloop "Catherine," of Padstow, a gun, the property of Mr. RICHARD J. E. SYMONS, of Wadebridge, and the other charging him with stealing, from the said sloop, two books, the property of Mr. W. MARSHALL KNAPP, of Wadebridge. Sentence, Two Months' Hard Labour. JOHN PELLOW, pleaded Guilty of stealing, on the 4st [th] of January, at the parish of Budock, 42 lbs. of rope, the property of JOHN STEPHENS, the elder, and JOHN STEPHENS the younger. Sentence, Three Months' Hard Labour. CHARLES PALMER, 20, a recruit was found Guilty of stealing, on the 13th of December, at Bodmin, a silver tea spoon, the property of MARY ANN KENT, widow, landlady of the London Inn. Sentence, Two Months' Hard Labour. JANE PASCOE, wife of WILLIAM PASCOE, of Redruth, labourer, was charged with stealing, on the 10th of November, a walking stick, the property of THOMAS JAMES, of Saint Day. The felony was committed at a sale by auction, at the King's Arms, Redruth. The stick had been placed near a table, by the prosecutor, while he picked together some articles he had bought; and on his return to the spot, he found that his stick was missing. He followed Mrs. Pascoe into the street. She was carrying away some articles she also had bought, and had under her cloak the stick in question. The stick was of a very peculiar kind, and the prosecutor said he gave GBP1 for it in the island of Cuba. Verdict, Guilty - One Month's Hard Labour. WILLIAM CAHILL, 20, was found Guilty of uttering counterfeit half-crowns at Mr. WILLIAM HENWOOD'S grocer's shop in Redruth, on the 11th November; and at Mr. HAWKE's, at the Golden Lion, Penryn, on the 19th of November. There was also proved against him a previous utterance of a counterfeit shilling to Mrs. FRANCIS, at a grocer shop in Mabe. Guilty on all counts of the indictment. Mr. HOCKIN conducted the prosecution. Sentence, Eight Months' Hard Labour. JAMES DAVEY, the younger, 14, pleaded Guilty of obtaining under false pretences, at Penryn, from WILLIAM STEPHENS, the sum of five shillings, the property of SAMPSON STEPHENS. Mr. HOCKIN, who appeared for the prosecution, said he (prosecutor) begged to recommend the prisoner to mercy, believing that he had been induced by other persons to commit the offence. He was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to Hard Labour for One Week. ALFRED REYNOLDS,14, pleaded Guilty to the charge of having, on the 22nd of December, at Redruth, opened an aperture in the roof of a warehouse the property of THOMAS NICHOLL the younger, and unlawfully entering the same with intent to steal therefrom. Six Months' Hard Labour. MARY ANN STRIKE, 27, pleaded Guilty to two indictments - one for having obtained from HENRY HAYMAN at Launceston, by a false pretence, a bonnet, a yard of ribbon, three yards of flannel and a pair of hose, with intent to defraud; and the other for obtaining from THOMAS NICHOLAS VOSPER, of Launceston, by false pretence, a quantity of Saxony, lining and calico. FOUR MONTHS' HARD LABOUR. MATTHEW TRESIZE, 30, was charged with having on the 18th of October, at the borough of Launceston, unlawfully obtained from RICHARD GERRY, by a false pretence, three shillings, with intent to cheat and defraud the same Richard Gerry. The circumstances in which the case originated occurred at a drinking and dancing party at a public-house in Launceston, and the pretence alleged to have been made by the prisoner was that the mistress of the house had a sovereign of his in her charge, by which pretence he obtained three shillings from the prosecutor. On the hearing of the case it appeared that at the time of the occurrence, both the prosecutor and the prisoner were pretty far gone in liquor; and the prosecutor was now unable to swear distinctly whether the prisoner said "the mistress of the house" or the mistress of my house - the latter expression, of course, not sustaining the charge of false pretence. The Chairman directed a verdict of Not Guilty; and said the case was another proof of what he had observed on Tuesday - that many cases in which offences were brought before the Court, were consequent on drunkenness. The result, in the present case, would be a lesson to both parties. JOSEPH and ELIZABETH SMITH were indicted for keeping a disorderly house in the parish of St. Mary Magdalene, Launceston. Mr. CHILDS (for Mr. DARKE) conducted the prosecution, and Mr. PETER appeared for the defendants. GEORGE HIGGS deposed that he and defendants live in Bray's Court, Tower-street, Launceston, and that he had frequently seen common prostitutes going up and coming down the steps leading to Smith's room. He had also seen men going up and down there both by day and night. Witness had frequently heard singing and dancing in the room, and had seen liquor carried there, and from time to time there had been disturbances in the room to the great annoyance of the neighbours. He gave some particulars of a disturbance that occurred there about a month ago, when the policeman was obliged to be sent for. He said he had given notice to the overseers respecting this place as a public nuisance, and the magistrates ordered the present prosecution. Mrs. HIGGS, who has a room in the same house, underneath Smith's, also deposed to the disturbances in Smith's apartment, and the disreputable characters who went there. Smith, the husband, is a carrier, and is a good deal absent from home; the noises in his house were generally when he was absent, but sometimes when he was home, though to a much less degree. The drinking and swearing and noise sometimes continued all night, and witness had had to call to them when they had been dancing and singing at unseasonable hours. JOHN MAY, who has a room adjoining Smith's had been obliged to remove his children from that room that they might not overhear the expressions of the bad characters who frequented Smith's house. BENJAMIN SAMBELL, policeman of Launceston, also gave evidence respecting the disturbances at Smith's, and said it was a reputed house of ill fame. Mr. Peter, in behalf of the prisoners, said the evidence only went to establish that there had been singing and dancing carried on in the house, which was not to be objected to as a means of amusement. The husband was generally absent, and therefore not answerable for what took place without his knowledge, though he contended that there was no adequate evidence to show a disorderly house. The Chairman, in summing up, said the jury could scarcely doubt, after hearing the evidence, that this was a house of ill fame, and the question was whether the male prisoner had not a guilty knowledge of what was carried on so as to render him equally culpable with his wife. The jury returned both prisoners Guilty. They were sentenced on the following morning, when the Chairman, Mr. LETHBRIDGE, observed, it was almost unnecessary for him to say that houses of ill fame were a very great nuisance. He was sorry to remark that in Launceston, his native town, there was a great deal of disreputable conduct, which was stimulated very much by persons of the character of the prisoners, who keep these places which lead to vice and crime. He then sentenced the prisoners each to Four Months' Hard Labour. The jury were then discharged.

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday 16th January, 1852. BIRTHS. At Truro, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. THOMAS HAMILTON, draper, a daughter. At Truro, on the 5th instant, the wife of Mr. NATHANIEL MEAD, cabinet-maker, a son. At Falmouth, on the 8th instant, the wife of Mr. CARVOSSO, of the King's Arms Hotel, a son; On Saturday, the wife of Mr. ALFRED DUCKHAM, a son; and on Sunday, the wife of Mr. PASCOE, a daughter. At Penzance, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. R. V. DAVY, a daughter. At Penzance, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. JOSEPH SAMUEL BEARE, butcher, a daughter; and on Tuesday, the wife of Mr. T. RICHARDS, hairdresser, a son. At St. Ives, the wife of Mr. WILLIAM BARAGWANATH, jun., a son; and the wife of Mr. HENRY TREVASKIS, a daughter. At Hayle, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. TREMELLING, a daughter. At Phillack, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. LAWRY, a daughter. At Redruth, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. E. SALTER, grocer, a son; and on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. JOHN JULEFF, potter, a daughter. At St. Columb, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. W. POLKINHORN, a daughter. At Bodmin, on Tuesday last, Lady RASHLEIGH, wife of Sir COLMAN RASHLEIGH, Bart., twins, a son and daughter. At Bodmin, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. BATE, innkeeper, of the Fifteen Balls Inn, a son. At Wimbledon, Surrey, on the 8th instant, the wife of RICHARD TAYLOR, Esq., a son. In Gresham Street, London, on the 3rd instant, the wife of CHARLES RICH TYERMAN, Esq., a daughter, who survived only three days. At Gloucester Terrace, Kensington New Town, London, on the 4th instant, the wife of Mr. BOUNSALL, a son. In London, Canada West, on the 6th of December, the wife of TREVELYAN JOHN, Esq., 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers, a daughter. At Wapping, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. HENRY MICHELL, of the Gun Tavern, a son. At D'Urban, Port Natal, on the 10th of October last, the wife of Mr. J. T. POLKINHORNE, a son. MARRIAGES. At Madron, on Sunday lst, Mr. RICHARD RIDER to Miss MARY JANE KELYNACK, of Newlyn west. At Paul, on Sunday last, Mr. THOMAS WILLS to Miss SARAH LANYON, both of Newlyn west. At Buryan, on Saturday last, Mr. JOSEPH GILES to Miss GRACE WARREN, of that parish. At Towednack, on Sunday last, Mr. WM. QUICK ROACH to Miss ALICE TREWHELLA, both of that parish. At the Wesleyan Chapel, Hayle, on Wednesday last, Mr. JOHN ROSEWARNE to Miss ELIZABETH SANDERS. At Redruth, Mr. JOHN SIMS, C. E., to MARIANNE, only daughter of Mr. FRANCIS SYMONS, printer, of that town. At Gwennap, on the 6th instant, Mr. HAWKEN, of Trevarth House, in the parish of Gwennap, to Mrs. COOMBES, of Penryn. At Bodmin, on the 29th ult., Mr. R. CROOK, of Egloshayle, to ELENORA MARY, daughter of the late Mr. JOHN WILCOCKS, surgeon, of Plymouth. At Launceston, on Saturday last, Mr. JOHN HARRIS to Miss F. MURCH. At St. George's, Hanover Square, on the 7th instant, by the Rev. Dr. TANCOCK, Incumbent of St. John's, Truro, CHARLES HENRY LARDNER, third son of BASIL GEORGE WOODD, Esq., of Hillfield, Hampstead, to LYDIA WILSON, third daughter of the late WILLIAM DAVEY SOLE, Esq., solicitor, Devonport. At Bath, on the 6th instant, the Rev. ROBERT KESTELL CORNISH, to DOROTHY FOUNTAINE ADDISON, youngest daughter of the late Rev. WILLIAM ADDISON FOUNTAINE, rector of Middleton St. George, county Durham and of Beaufort Buildings, Bath. At Mineral Point, North America, on the 20th of November last, Mr. EDWIN CROCKETT, joiner, late of Birmingham to CATHERINE, youngest daughter of Mr. JOHN EPLETT, millwright, formerly of Truro. DEATHS. At Penryn, on Sunday last, Mrs. ROSKILLEY, aged 84 years. At St. Keverne, on Saturday last, EMMA, wife of GEORGE APPLETON, Esq., surgeon. At Penzance, on the 8th instant, Agnes, youngest daughter of Mr. BELLRINGER, aged 2 years; and the son of Mr. JAMES JEWELL, aged 3 years. At Chyandour, on Saturday last, the son of Mr. WILLIAM OLIVER; and on Tuesday, Miss DUNSTAN. At Madron, on Saturday last, Mr. WILLIAM NICHOLAS, aged 65 years. At Mousehole, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. HENRY POMREY, superannuated chief boatsman in the coast guard service, aged 47 years. At Amelvear, in the parish of Towednack, on Saturday last, Mr. WILLIAM CURNOW, aged 66 years. At St. Erth Church-town, on the 7th instant, the wife of Mr. FRANCIS VERRANT, aged 73 years; and on Sunday last, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. WILLIAM DUNN, aged 4 years. At Porthcolumb, in the parish of St. Erth, on the 8th instant, EDWIN, son of Mr. HUGH HOSKING, aged 8 years. At Tregurtha, in the parish of St. Hilary, on Monday last, Miss SALLY ROBERTS, aged 70 years. At Hayle, on Monday last, highly respected by all who knew him, Mr. PETER HOOPER, of the Commercial Inn, aged 56 years; on Wednesday, Mrs. SARAH UREN, aged 76 years; and Mrs. VINE, aged 62 years. At Redruth, on the 7th instant, MARY CRANE, daughter of Mr. JAMES DAVEY, assayer, of St. Austell, aged 25 years; on Friday last, Mr. ALEXANDER BURNS, aged 70 years; on Sunday, Mr. WILLIAM LEAN, green-grocer, aged 52 years; and on Wednesday, CATHARINE, second daughter of the late Mr. JOHN PROVIS, copper agent, aged 20 years. At St. Austell, on Monday last, ELIZABETH, relict of the late Mr. W. HAWKE, aged 43 years, having survived him only five weeks; and on Wednesday, CLARA ALICE, infant daughter of Mr. WILLIAM HANCOCK. At Bodmin, on Sunday last, Mrs. PEARSE, aged 84 years. At Liskeard, on Friday last, ELIZABETH, widow of the late Mr. NICHOLAS MILLER, hair-dresser, of that town, aged 75 years. At Saltash, on Friday last, much respected, Mr. GEORGE FOSTER, aged 75 years. Lost on board the "Amazon" mail steam-packet, on the 4th instant, in which vessel he had taken his passage to join H. M. steamer "Devastation," to which ship he had been appointed as first lieutenant, Lieut. CHARLES GERVEYS GRYLLS, R. N., eldest surviving son of the Rev. HENRY GRYLLS, vicar of St. Neot, aged 25 years. [In our obituary of last week we announced the death of the brother of this officer, Lieut. Grylls, of the 64th Regt. To add to the affliction of the parent, the news of this appalling calamity reached him before the remains of his son had been committed to the tomb, and this is the third son he has lost within one year.] At Redland Villa, Bishop's Sutton, Somersetshire, on the 5th instant, Mr. PETER WHITE DIXON, eldest son of the late Mr. JOHN DIXON, of Penryn, in this county, aged 83 [?] years. At Amlwch, North Wales, on the 19th ult., ELIZABETH widow of the late Capt. WILLIAM LEMIN, mine agent, formerly of Redruth, aged 79 years. At Tavistock, on the 5th instant, Mr. WILLIAM BOLT, druggist, of Hatherleigh. At Mount Radford, Exeter, on Monday last, Mr. JOHN BULLIVANT, jun., of the Common Please Office, London, and only son of Mr. Bullivant, of the Exeter District Court of Bankruptcy, aged 30 years. In Oxford Street, London, on the 6th instant, HENRY JOSEPH, youngest son of Mr. SANGER, aged 4 years. At Gibraltar, on the 28th ult., JAMES SEWELL, Esq., Senior Practitioner in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar, and Advocate and Proctor of the Admiralty in the Vice-Admiralty Court of Gibraltar, in the 74th year of his age. We copy the above

WEST BRITON and CORNWALL ADVERTISER 14 MARCH 1851 BIRTHS At Belmont House, near Falmouth, on the 7th instant, the wife of Mr. John CURRAH, of a son. At Helston, on Sunday last, the widow of Mr. H., CARLYON, of a posthumous daughter; and on Tuesday, the wife of James WEARNE, Esq., of a son. At Tregeves, in the parish of St. Martin in Meneage, on the 3rd instant, the wife of Mr. Hanibal LYNE, of a son. At Penzance, on the 2nd instant, the wife of Mr. Peter ROWE, of a son; on the 5th, the wife of Mr. Wm. MADERN, of a son; and on Friday last, the wife of Mr. J. HUTCHENS, of a daughter. At St. Just in Penwith, on the 6th instant, the wife of Mr., Henry BOYNS, of a son; and on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. John KEY, of a daughter. At Mousehole, on the 1st instant, the wife of Mr. W. ANGWIN, of a daughter. At Trevarrack, in the parish of Gulval, on Saturday last, the wife of mr. William LAWRY, jun., of a son. At Treveneth, in the aprish of Paul, on the 6th instant, the wife of Mr. Robert BILKEY, of a son. At Lelant, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. Thomas PEARCE, of a son. At Marazion, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. William LAITY, innkeeper, of a daughter. At Troon, near Camborne, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. Erasmus PASCOE, of twins. At Redruth, on the 3rd instant, the wife of Mr. A. STEVENSON, of a son; of the 6th, the wife of T. R. HEARLE, solicitor, of a daughter; and the wife of Mr. C.H. WADE, of a daughter; and on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. William HOSKING, of a daughter. At Redruth, the wife of Mr. Robert FORD, of a daughter; and the wife of Mr. John LAUNDER, of a son. At St. Day, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. WILTON, mathematical instrument maker, of a son. At Portreath, the wife of Mr. Alfred LANGDON, of a son; and the wife of Mr. James HOSKING, of a son. At Chacewater, on the 24th ult., the wife of Capt. T. MICHELL, of a son. At Newquay, on the 5th instant, the wife of Mr. John TINNEY, of a daughter; and on Friday last, the wife of Mr. William CLEMENS, of a daughter. At Luney, in the parish of St. Ewe, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Wm. CLARK, of a son. At Nanplo, in the parish of Cury, on the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. S.R.G. HEAD, of a daughter. At St. Austell, on the 28th ult., the wife of John T. PEARSE, Esq., surgeon, of a son. At St. Austell, on Sunday last, the wife of the Rev. Joseph PAYNE, Wesleyan Minister, of a son. At Lostwithiel, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. Wm. POPE, of the Temperance Hotel, of a son. At East Looe, on Friday last, the wife of Mr. George SOADY, of a daughter. At Callington, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Robert SANDERS, innkeeper, of a daughter. At Mellies, in the parish of Week St. Mary, on the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. D. CONGDON, of a daughter. At St. Michael's Terrace, Stoke, on the 28th ult., the wife of Allan BONE, Esq., of a son. MARRIAGES At St. Mary's, Truro, on the 2nd instant, Mr. J.E. HALLET, grocer, of Truro, to Miss Amelia DANIELL, of Illogan. At the Roman Catholic Chapel, Penzance, on the 4th instant, Mr. George AUGUSTA, mathematical instrument maker of Falmouth, to Emily Maria, fourth daughter of Mr. Thomas MILLS of Grigg Cottage, near Hayle. At Sennen, on Saturday last, Mr. James OATS to Miss Ann CASLEY. At Wesley Rock Chapel, Madron, on Monday last, Mr. Francis PEARCE to Miss J.N. NANKERVIS, both of Penzance. At St. Just in Penwith, on Saturday last, Mr. J. ANGWION to Miss Nanny HICKS. At Lelant, on Monday last, Mr. John GILBERT to Miss Prudence STEVENS; and Mr. Daniel KESTLE to Mrs. Nancy BEARD, all of that parish. At St. Austell, on Tuesday last, Mr. Charles TAYLOR, of Hennack, Devon, to Miss Mary BORROWS, of the former parish. At Talland, on Tuesday last, Mr. MOODY, draper, of Liskeard, to Miss QUILLER, of Polperro. At Poughill, on the 6th instant, Mr. N. SYMONS, of Stokeclimsland, to Emma, youngest daughter of J. LOWE, Esq., of Travalgus House. At Plymouth, on Tuesday last, Charles Culliford GOODDEN, Vicar of Montacute, Somerset, and youngest son of the late Wyndham GOODDEN, Esq., of Compton House, Dorset, to Bessy CURGENVEN, only daughter of John SMITH, Esq., of Plymouth. At Plympton, on Saturday last, Mr. S.P. WESTCOTT, draper, of Tavistock, to Mary, third daughter of the late Mr. J. WILLCOCK, of Buckland, Monachorum. DEATHS At Roskieff, in the parish of St. Allen, on Tuesday last, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. O. VINCENT, aged 59 years. At Breage, on the 2nd instant, the wife of Mr. Edward JAMES. At Penzance, on the 5th instant, the infant son of Mr. PROCKTER, chemist; and Myer, twin infant son of Mr. SELIG, watchmaker. At Zennor, on the 4th instant, Mr. Richard NICHOLAS, aged 89 years. At Mousehole, on the 26th ult., Mrs. Eleanor AVERY, aged 34 years. At St. Just in Penwith, on Friday last, the son of Mr. William TREZISE; and Mrs. WEARNE, of Bojewyan. At Wheal Brothers, in the parish of Lelant, on Tuesday last, Mrs. Grace HOCKING, aged 34 years. At Goldsithney, on the 6th instant, Captain Edward THOMAS, aged 59 years. At Redruth, Mr. James TURNER, aged 34 years. At Penstruthal, in the parish of Gwennap, Mr. WILLIAMS, aged 54 years. At Summercourt, in the parish of St. Enoder, on Friday last, Miss Letitia Jane PRIOR, aged 25 years. At Trethewel, in the parish of st. Just in Roseland, on the 28th ult., Grace, daughter of Mr. Soloman BORLASE, carpenter. At Luxulyan, on the 2nd instant, Mr. Nicholas PASCOE, tailor, aged 84 years. At Pentewan, on Saturday last, Mr. Stephen DAVEY, aged 69 years. At St. Columb, on the 6th instant, Betsey, wife of Mr. William TONKYN, butcher, aged 59 years. At Bodmin, on the 1st instant, Mr. Edward BULL, formerly of the Falmouth arms Inn, Chacewater, aged 52 years. At Laveddon, near Bodmin, on Wednesday last, Mr. Joseph TREGENRAR, aged 57 years. At Penpillick, in the aprish of Tywardreath, on the 5th instant, respected by all who knew him, Capt. John SAMPSON, for nearly twenty years an agent at the Fowey Consols Mines. At Lostwithiel, on the 2nd instant, Hugh LANYON, Esq., aged 73 years. At Bridgend, near Lostwithiel, on the 4th instant, Mrs. Grace WILLCOCK, aged 69 years. At East Looe, on the 21st ult., Miss Susanna VEAL, aged 64 years. At Liskeard, on Saturday last, the wife of Mr. Peter BROWN. At Northwood, in the parish of St. Mellion, on Friday last, Mr. John SHORT, aged 61 years. At Launceston, on the 6th instant, Miss H. ROWE, aged 77 years. At Stoke, on the 4th instant, Elizabeth, wife of Major-General Elias LAWRENCE, and sister of H.T. SMITH, Esq., solicitor, Devonport, aged 73 years. At Landport, near Portsmouth, on Sunday last, Mr. Walter JAMES, formerly a most respectable tradesman of Truro, aged 94 years. At 43 Wimpole Street, London, on Friday last, Sir Alexander HOOD, Bart., of Wootton House, Somerset, and M.P. for the Western Division of that county. On Friday last, Hugh Woodhouse ACLAND, Esq., only son of the late Hugh Dyke Acland, Esq., and grandson of the late Dean of Lichfield, aged 33 years. At Belfast, on the 5th instant, Mary Pierrepont, wife of Capt. Edward HOLLAND, R.N., and eldest daughter of Capt. WARREN, late of the 4th Dragoon Guards. The next announcement seems to be of a marriage.......... At Merthyr, on the 26th ult., Mr. P.M. INGRAM, son of the late Mr. W. INGRAM, of Bristol, to Elizabeth Anne, daughter of Mr. James PENNY, of Plymouth, Devon. DEATH OF LORD De L'ISLE, Surveyor-General of the Duchy of Cornwall - Lord de L'Isle and Dudley died on Tuesday se'nnight, at the family seat, Penshurst, near Tunbridge, after an attack of bilious fever of some days' duration. Lord de L'Isle was the only son of the late Sir John Shelley-Sydney of Penshurst, Bart. He was born in 1800, and married in 1825 Lady Sophia Fitzclarence, eldest and favourite daughter of King William IV by Mrs. Jordan. Her ladyship died in 1837, leaving two sons and two daughters. The eldest son, now Lord de L'Isle and Dudley, married last year Miss FOULIS, only daughter and heiress of the alte Sir William Foulis, Bart., whose name he assumed. The deceased peer was surveyor-general of the Duchy of Cornwall, G.C.H. and D.C.L. In political life, Lord de L'Isle was a conservative, and was distinguished for his consistency. Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

Rootsweb just does NOT like me sending larger posts - regardless of how I fashion the Subject line. Will keep trying, and perhaps one will get through. From: jwmos99@msn.com To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com; cornish@rootsweb.com; boneplace@zoominternet.net Subject: 7 March 1851 - NOTE 1851 - BMDs Date: Sun, 5 Sep 2010 04:39:26 -0500 Hi all - Rita was doing some "housekeeping" on our website, and found that these BMDs didn't make it into the Archives, so we're either sending or resending them, depending..<g> Will send 14 March 1851 in a few hours. Julia WEST BRITON AND CORNWALL ADVERTISER 7 MARCH 1851 BIRTHS At Perranarworthal, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. T.H. MARTIN, of a son. At Trevivian, in the parish of Breage, on the 23rd ult., the wife of Mr. Stephen H. TREWEEKE, of a son At St. Mary's, Scilly, on Sunday last, the wife of Mr. R. GREEN of a son. At Penzance, on the 20th ult., the wife of Mr. William H. WARREN, of a daughter. At Penzance, on the 27th ult., the wife of the Rev. I. WHITE, Primitive Methodist Minister, of a daughter; and on Friday last, the wife of Mr John TROUNCE, of a daughter. At Gwinear, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. William VIVIAN, of a son. At Hayle, the wife of Mr., James GILBART, engineer of the "Brillian" steamer, of a son; on the 26th ult., the wife of Mr. DUPEN, steward of the "Cornwall" steamer, of a son; and the wife of Mr. Edwin LEY, of a son. At Par House, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. GEACH, of a daughter. At Padstow, on Tuesday last, the wife of John a. CARRUTHERS, Esq., surgeon, of a son. At Camelford, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr., Henry PROUT, of a son. At Tredidon, near Launceston, on the 24th ult., the wife of James BUCKNELL, Esq., of a daughter. At Plymouth, on Friday last, the wife of Major CUDDY, H.M. 55th Regt., of a son. At Trehill, Devon, on Saturday last, the wife of John LEY, Esq., of a daughter. At Polsloe Park, Heavitree, on Tuesday last, the wife of Mr. Stephen BRUNSKILL, of a son. MARRIAGES At Falmouth, on the 25th ult., Mr. William SPIKE, to Elizabeth, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Samuel ROSKRUGE, Commander of the Royal Mail schooners in the West Indies. At Wendron, on Wednesday last, Mr. HUGO, printer, of Penzance, to Miss RICHARDS, daughter of the late Capt. Thos. RICHARDS, of Helston. At St. Day, on Tuesday last, Mr. Joseph NICHOLLS, to Miss Jane HAWKE, both of that place. At Marhamchurch, on the 26th ult., Mr. Samuel GODDARD, late police officer of Stratton, but now of the Ship Inn, in that town, to Miss JEWELL, of the former place. At Week St. Mary, on the 22nd ult., Mr. PARNALL, of Egloskerry, to Miss Mary CONGDON, of the former place. At Plymouth, on the 27th ult., Mr. J. H. HARTNELL, draper, to Rebecca PENROSE, daughter of the late Captain John COATH, both of that place. At St. Pancras[sic], Middlesex, on the 27th ult., by the Rev. J.H. STAINFORTH, T. W. RIMELL, Esq., R.N., to Eleanor, only daughter of William HUGHES, Esq., Lamb's Conduit Place, Brunswick Square, London. At Littleham, on the 27th ult., Thomas Maitland SNOW, Esq., banker, of Exeter, to Eliza, second daughter of the late J. P. NATHAN, Esq., of Trelawny, Jamaica. At Sydney, New South Wales, R. GLANVILLE, Esq., eldest son of the late Mr. R. GLANVILLE, of Tresithney, in the parish of St. Columb, in this county, to Jane, widow of the late William GRAHAM, Esq., of the former place. DEATHS At Truro, on Wednesday last, Mrs. PASCOE, aged 61 years. At Falmouth, on the 19th ult., Mrs. LUTEY, aged 81 years. At Alverton Terrace, Penzance, on the 27th ult., Thomas PIDWELL, Esq., aged 44 years. At Penzance, on the 20th ult., Miss Mary Ann JAGO, aged 33 years. At Hea, near Penzance, on Saturday last, Mr. William MADDERN, gardener, aged 65 years. At St. Just in Penwith, on the 22nd ult., Mr. S.B. TREMBATH, aged 41 years. At Sennen Cove, on the 25th ult., Mr. FORWARD, of the Coast Guard Service. Deceased was one of the boat's crew that attempted to rescue the captain and his wife from the wreck on the Brisons Rock a short time since. At Lelant, on Friday last, Mrs. Amy STEVENS, aged 83 years. At Cross Lanes, in the parish of Lelant, on Sunday last, the infant son of Mr. Martin EDWARDS. At Redruth, on Saturday last, Mr. James Penrose ANDREW, painter, aged 51 years. At St. Day, on Saturday last, Mrs. DOWNING, aged 65 years. At Mithian, in the parish of St. Agnes, on the 27th ult., John, son of Mr. John MAY, aged 10 years. At British Row, St. Agnes, on Monday last, Mrs. Margaret JENKIN, aged 85 years. At Higher Bal, in the parish of St. Agnes, Mrs. Mary MAY, aged 87 years. At Porth, in the parish of St. Columb Minor, on Monday last, Mr. John MOFFATT, aged 66 years. At St. Michael Penkivel, on the 27th ult., Mr. John VERCOE, aged 78 years. At Tregony, on Saturday last, after a long and painful illness, much respected and lamented, Samuel JEWEL, Esq., aged 71 years. At Port Loe on the 27th ult., Mrs. Grace BALL, aged 63 years; and on Sunday last, Mr. John GAY, aged 70 years. At Bodmin, on Tuesday last, Harry Brown, infant son of Mr. John CRANG. At Padstow, Mrs. Mary ANDREW, at an advanced age; and Mr. Thomas CHAPMAN, aged 67 years. At Boscastle, on Friday last, much respected, Mr. Cotton Amy BENOKE, aged 30 years. At York, on the 21st ult., the Rev. John GIBBNS, Wesleyan Association Minister, formerly in the Helston and Penzance circuits, aged 32 years. Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org I'm a volunteer for FreeCens - why don't you join, too?

SS AMAZON -Tribute to Captain William Symons <from the Hearts of Oak website by Raymond Forward> Destruction of the Steamship by Fire with Great Loss of Life Southampton 7th January 1852. The sudden and appalling account of the total destruction by fire of the Royal Mail steam ship AMAZON at the entrance of the Bay of Biscay, and the loss of the majority of her passengers, officer and crew, has caused the most widespread sorrow in Southampton among the numerous persons having friends or relatives on board the ill fated ship. The Amazon was commanded by Captain William Symons, a gentleman of known and tried courage and abilities. He was only provisionally appointed to the Amazon in consequence of the absence from England of Captain Chapman of the TAY, who was destined to be her permanent commander, the directors having intended Captain Symons to assume the command of the new steamer ORINOCO, now on the Thames and nearly ready to take her station on the main line of the West India mail service. Captain Symons has recently distinguished himself by great bravery in the Isthmus of Panama, where, by his interpidity and coolness, he prevented the slaughter of a great number of American passengers by the infuriated natives, and where, under heavy fire of musketry and cannon, he succeeded in conveying gold dust to the value of upwards of 2,000,000 dollars in the boats of the MEDWAY on board the United States' mail steam ship CHEROKEE; and further, in rescuing the passengers under circumstances of imminent danger, and placing them safely on board the steamer. Just prior to the sailing of the Amazon, Captain Symons received the subjoined letter from the United States' Mail Steam Ship Company New York, accompanied by a magnificent silver speaking trumpet…… To Captain Symons, commanding the Royal Mail Packet Company's steam ship MEDWAY, Sir, Captain Widdle, of the Cherokee, one of this company's steamers, has reported to us the prompt and efficient aid rendered by yourself, and the officers under your command, in the recent affray at Chagres, in which the mails, treasure and passengers, were promptly and securely placed on board the Cherokee. I beg you to accept, in behalf of this company, my best acknowledgement for this high act of courtesy, characteristic alike of British Honour and humanity, and honourable to your flag, yourself, your officers and men. Allow me also the pleasure to tender you the accompanying speaking trumpet, as a slight testimonial of the company's appreciation of your character and services. I am, with great respect, your obedient servant, M O Roberts. Office of the United States' Mail Steamship Company, New York 4th November 1851. ...................... Julia Symons Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

Just thought some might be interested in finding out about the ship, and particularly about Capt. Symons and Lt. Charles Grylls, two of the seven Cornishmen aboard. (Of course, I'm a Symons, so I'm prejudiced in the Captain's favour, but he seemed a great person.) ............................................ [Source] Part of the Acorn Archive - HEARTS OF OAK http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~treevecwll/amazon.htm S.S. AMAZON - by RAYMOND FORWARD Destruction of the Steamship by Fire with Great Loss of Life For a brief flourishing moment she was “a mighty castle of the deep – the largest steam driven vessel ever built in England”. 28th June 1851: Launched by Lady Paget December 1851: Completed. 2nd January 1852: She left on her maiden voyage from Southampton 3.30 Friday afternoon. 4th January 1852: Having reached 110 miles WSW of the Isles of Scilly, at 00.45, a fire broke out. The horrific and heart rending story that ensued is now complete. Included on the website are: - CREW LIST 2nd January 1852 - Initial Reports - Initial Statements - Letters - Passengers & Crew Announcements 8th January 1852 - Passenger & Crew Announcements 10th & 17th January 1852 - William Vincent’s Report - Tribute to Captain Symons - Letter from the Town Clerk, Southampton - Compiled Crew Report from Plymouth - A Report from Brest of the rescued - Emotions at Southampton and The Subscription Fund 9th January 1852 - Further Reports from Plymouth and Southampton - Plymouth Passenger and Crew Announcement 16th January 1852 - Full Statements 16th January 1852 - Inquiry 17th January 1852 - Aftermath - Letter from the Master of the Barque Deodata - Lt Charles Grylls & Captain William Symons (see below) .............................................. SS Amazon- The terrible consequences of fire at sea in a storm When she arrived at Southampton, on the 16th December 1851, in the tidal dock, she was declared "the finest ship that had ever appeared in those waters". Clearly there were other intentions than acting as a Mail & Passenger carrier, as she was considered capable of carrying fourteen 32 pounder guns, as well as two ten inch pivot guns (36cwt each) on her main deck. Her coal boxes carried 1,000 tons of coal. She had accommodation for 360 troops (each having 12 square feet of space). Engines were fitted so as to be separated from the main structure, which eliminated vibration when standing near the engines on deck. It was intended that she make the 3,622 miles between Southampton and St Thomas, across the Atlantic, in under 14 days. The reason that I first became interested in the story of the loss of the SS Amazon, was that I found an entry (many years ago) in George Clement Boase’ Collectanea Cornubiensia of 1890. This was under Shipwrecks and was included in the book by virtue of there having been six Cornishmen in the crew, together with another Cornishman, under passage to take up his appointed position on HMS Devastation, a rather unfortunate coincidence of a name. The gentleman was Lieutenant Charles G Grylls RN, who had distinguished himself in the saving of lives on that fateful day. The reports were such that it had been announced in the Cornwall Gazette on the 8th January 1852, that 25 year old Lt Charles Grylls had perished, and that would have been the third son lost in the year. The message that Lt Grylls sent that Friday morning by special messenger to his father clearly was received with much joy; and celebrations upon his return to St Neot ensued, the village swollen by hundreds from other villages. Lieutenant Commander Charles Gerveys Grylls was the 3rd Son (one of ten children) of the Reverend Henry Grylls (d 1862) and Ellen Mary Boulderson of St Neot, Cornwall. Born at St Neot 1st July 1826; christened 15th August 1826 He was Inspecting Commander of Coast Guard, Chester until his death. Died Cheltenham 7th February 1860; buried 14th February 1860 in St. Neot. His younger brother, was Henry Gerveys Grylls (Midshipman RN), born 14 September 1824 and died on HMS Ganges, at Lisbon 11th September 1839, “age 13”. His elder brother, Horatio Glynn Grylls born 1828, became Lieutenant 64th Regiment, died and was buried 8th January 1852. Another brother born 1831, Shadwell Morley Grylls became Lt Colonel RA, Sherrif of Cornwall. Lieutenant Commander Charles Gerveys Grylls was later in command of HMS FANCY, a Dapper Class Gunboat, launched 31st March 1855; a 232 ton wooden hull, screw propeller ship, with three guns Tender to Cornwallis; and from 11th May 1855 on the Black Sea (Tender to Royal Albert) during the Russian War. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Captain William Symons was born in 8th May 1801, in Falmouth, Cornwall. He had already given a well appreciated service, as well as that rendered in Panama, in command of the Royal Tar. ROYAL TAR [King William IV, was in the RN 1779-1790]. Launched 1832, built by John Duffus & Co, Aberdeen. 681grt; 154 x 27.6 x 6.5 ft. 2 cyl paddle wooden steamer; 260 ihp; 8 knots. ROYAL TAR was one of the two ships chartered by P&O in 1833 from The Dublin and London Steam Packet Company. The other was the WILLIAM FAWCETT. Royal Tar made four full voyages to the Peninsula May - November 1834, through Willcox & Anderson of London. In 1835, in association with HMS CASTOR and HMS RINGDOVE, ROYAL TAR relieved the siege of Bilbao, and landed the 1st Regiment of the British Legion, recruited in England. For Captain William Symons’ service in commanding the ship during this period of support for the Queen of Spain, he was conferred the Knight Cross of the Royal American Order of Isabella, the highest order that could be conferred on a foreign civilian. In 1836, some of the recruits for her majesty’s service in Spain, upon arrival in Falmouth for coal and water, escaped and took over the collier JOHN, and got her under way, however, Captain Symons took the situation in hand and took Royal Tar alongside, forced her off shore, and then ordered a chain to be passed around the foremast, then towed the John out into the Outer Roads, armed his crew and forced the rebels back on board the Royal Tar, and then proceeded on his appointed voyage. Royal Tar was eventually sold in 1847 to the Portuguese Government and was reconditioned by the same company that built the Amazon, Greens of Blackwall. The young man, William Vincent, who had also distinguished himself in taking command of an appalling situation and in saving lives, was born 3rd May 1834, also in Falmouth. .............................. Julia Symons Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org

However the Stannary Court still exists in Truro although it does not try cases. It is where miners can register tin bounds and is recognised legally as the court for such registration. Incidentally, the Cornish Stannary Parliament also exists, although not now principally concerned with mining matters. The English Parliament may have passed an Act abolishing the Stannary Courts but only in the light of 'force majeure' as the Charters of 1201, 1305 and 1508 make it clear that the Cornish are not legally bound by the laws of England. That is why Cornwall is a Duchy not a legal county and why the border between Cornwall and England is still the east bank of the river Tamar and why when crossing the Tamar: 'us be gwain awver tew England'. Stephen > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:34:53 -0600 > From: "David Coppin" <coppin@comcast.net> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Stannaries Court and Rule Nisi The Stannary Courts were a separate system than the county courts or Assizes and came from the Middle Ages with a quasi-independent system granted to the tin miners and the towns (such as Lostwithiel) where tin was the major industry.  In all but the most serious cases, anyone associated with tin mining was governed by the Stannary Courts and Stannary Parliament.  It was peculiar to Cornwall and Devon, but the independence and influence waned as the tin mining declined within the last 200 years or so. The UK parliament passed an act abolishing the Stannary Courts in 1896.

Looking at the deaths for Mar qtr on FreeBMD and the 1851 census for Penzance, I am wondering if it should have read daughter of Samuel Curnow?  There is a death registered for Sophia Curnow and there is a Sophia Curnow aged 2, daughter of Samuel and Matilda Curnow on the 1851 census.  The other names of female death registrations are Alice, Catherine,  Eliza, Mary and Susanna and I can't see any of these with a Samuel on the 1851 Penzance census. ________________________________ From: "isabelj@talktalk.net" <isabelj@talktalk.net> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 4 September, 2010 18:27:48 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Error on 9th January 1852 BMDs. Bill has just pointed out that the wife of Mr. Samuel Curnow was aged 2 years???  Having checked the original newspaper, it definitely says "2 years".  It would be greatly appreciated if any one can give the correct age, as I just can't believe she was only '2 years of age'! At Penzance, on the 1st instant, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. WILLIAM MASLIN, aged 5 years; on Friday, the wife of Mr. SAMUEL CURNOW, aged 2 years; and the wife of Mr. GEORGE BADCOCK, aged 35 years; on Sunday, Mr. PETER DINGEY, blacksmith, of Truro, aged 21 years; and on Tuesday, MATTHEW, youngest son of Mr. JOHN CLIMO, aged 5 years. ------------------------------- Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Many thanks are extended to Jason, Julia and several others who have been kind enough to email me as well as post interesting information here on the Cornish gen site. Your help is very appreciated and has cleared up my lack of knowledge. Apparently the subscriptions were simply donations for the monument to Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville, which was affiliated with the Tehidy estate or Bassett estate there in Illogan. Is this correct? The Phillips family lived at the ancient manor called Nance Farm in Illogan Parish. Was this adjacent to the Bassett property? Again, thanks to everybody ... I always learn something from the list, even if it isn't directly related to my research. Blessings...Meli in Texas

Joy & Isabel, Yes, that's who it was. The child was buried at St. Mary's, Penzance on 04 Jan 1852. Bill Curnow ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Langdon" <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com> To: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2010 1:55 PM Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Error on 9th January 1852 BMDs. Looking at the deaths for Mar qtr on FreeBMD and the 1851 census for Penzance, I am wondering if it should have read daughter of Samuel Curnow? There is a death registered for Sophia Curnow and there is a Sophia Curnow aged 2, daughter of Samuel and Matilda Curnow on the 1851 census. The other names of female death registrations are Alice, Catherine, Eliza, Mary and Susanna and I can't see any of these with a Samuel on the 1851 Penzance census. ________________________________ From: "isabelj@talktalk.net" <isabelj@talktalk.net> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, 4 September, 2010 18:27:48 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Error on 9th January 1852 BMDs. Bill has just pointed out that the wife of Mr. Samuel Curnow was aged 2 years??? Having checked the original newspaper, it definitely says "2 years". It would be greatly appreciated if any one can give the correct age, as I just can't believe she was only '2 years of age'! At Penzance, on the 1st instant, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. WILLIAM MASLIN, aged 5 years; on Friday, the wife of Mr. SAMUEL CURNOW, aged 2 years; and the wife of Mr. GEORGE BADCOCK, aged 35 years; on Sunday, Mr. PETER DINGEY, blacksmith, of Truro, aged 21 years; and on Tuesday, MATTHEW, youngest son of Mr. JOHN CLIMO, aged 5 years. ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Bill has just pointed out that the wife of Mr. Samuel Curnow was aged 2 years??? Having checked the original newspaper, it definitely says "2 years". It would be greatly appreciated if any one can give the correct age, as I just can't believe she was only '2 years of age'! At Penzance, on the 1st instant, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. WILLIAM MASLIN, aged 5 years; on Friday, the wife of Mr. SAMUEL CURNOW, aged 2 years; and the wife of Mr. GEORGE BADCOCK, aged 35 years; on Sunday, Mr. PETER DINGEY, blacksmith, of Truro, aged 21 years; and on Tuesday, MATTHEW, youngest son of Mr. JOHN CLIMO, aged 5 years.

Hi there I'm interested in your Smiths as I have some very elusive Cornish Smiths in my tree - do you have any parents or siblings for Sarah Smith? I am looking for the family of John Smith (b. 1865) & Mary Ann Smith (b. 1867) both gave their place of birth as Penzance but their mother was born in Saltash (1831) so I believe they moved around a lot and eventually were found living in Plymouth (my home city). Hope to hear from you Best wishes Alison Courtney (courtney24@sky.com) On 25 August 2010 04:22, Peter J Smith <pjsmith@farmside.co.nz> wrote: > G'day listers, seeking relatives of Frederick George BENNETT born abt 1880 > Braygate, Morval, Cornwall son of Samuel BENNETT and Sarah (nee SMITH) both > of Quethiock Cornwall. > > Frederick BENNETT occupation Carter in Plymouth, Devon married Mary unknown > born abt 1882 Portsmouth Hampshire. > > Children all born Plymouth Devon, > > Sidney BENNETT 1904 > Kathleen BENNETT 1906 > Lilian BENNETT 1910 > > The family are found in the 1911 census at 1 St Judes Cottage. > > Regards Peter, in Timaru, South Island, New Zealand > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. Friday, 9th January, 1852. BIRTHS. At Roche, on the 30th ult., the wife of Mr. J. B. SNELL, a daughter. At Fowey, on the 30th ult., the wife of the Rev. E. J. TREFFRY, of Place, a son. At Penhargard, near Bodmin, on the 31st ult., the wife of HENRY HOOPER, Esq., a son. At Liskeard, on the 29th ult., the wife of Mr. WILLIAM BRENDON, chemist, a daughter. At Liskeard, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. C. MOODY, draper, a son. At Launceston, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. PROCKTER, of the White Hart Hotel, a son. At Union Terrace, Morice Town, on Monday last, the wife of Mr. JAMES JOLL, a daughter. At Plymouth, on the 25th ult., the wife of Mr. F. W. CROKER, auctioneer, a son. At Dix's Field, Exeter, on the 28th ult., the wife of Mr. WILLIAM OPIE, wine-merchant, a son. At Wear House, near Exeter, on Saturday last, Lady DUCKWORTH, wife of Sir T. B. Duckworth, Bart., M.P. for Exeter, a daughter. MARRIAGES. At Kenwyn, on the 20th ult., Mr. JAMES R. BLACKER to MARY ANN eldest daughter of Mr. WILLIAM WILLS, of the parish of Lelant. At the Independent Chapel, Penzance, on Tuesday last, Mr. GEORGE GLASSON to Miss MARY MARK, both of Newlyn. At Madron, on Saturday last, Mr. ROBERT JAMES RICHARDS, of Mylor, to Miss JANE HOCKING, of Penzance. At Ludgvan, on Sunday last, Mr. EDWARD TREVENING, of Redruth, to Miss MARY WILLIAMS, of the parish of St. Erth. At Camborne, on Tuesday last, Mr. W. L. YEWENS, attorney-at-law, to Mrs. JULIA DUNSTAN. At Redruth, on Saturday last, by the Rev. T. SIMPSON, Capt. THOMAS C. BURTON, of Constantine, to ELIZABETH OSBORN, eldest daughter of Mr. TRENERY, of Rose Hill House, Redruth. At St. Austell, on Tuesday last, Mr. BARRY LORD, surgeon, of Liskeard, to ANNE, second daughter of Mr. BAKER BANKS, of Charlestown. At Lanhydrock, on Tuesday last, Mr. JOHN HOYLE GEACH, land-surveyor, to Miss VAGUE. At Antony, on Monday last, the Rev. EDMUND B. PROCTER, Assistant Curate of St. Stephen's, Devonport, to MARGARET, eldest surviving daughter of the late JOHN KNEESHAW, Esq., R.N. At Stoke, on the 1st instant, Capt. JOHN PENROSE COODE, 35th Regt. M. N. I., son of Rear Admiral Coode, C. B., to EMILY SARAH, youngest daughter of Com. EDWARD COLLIER, R. N., of Tamar Terrace, Stoke. At Torquay, on the 27th ult., Mr. GORDON THOMAS TEAGUE, of that town, to EMMA CHARLOTTE, eldest daughter of Mr. BALL, of the Union Hotel, Penzance. At the Cathedral, Exeter, on the 30th ult., the Rev. EDMUND HEARLE COLE, curate of Stokenham, to ANNE MAYNE, only child of the late LAWRENCE HARVEY, Esq., of Kingskerswell. At Ewell, Surrey, on the 1st instant, by the Rev. Sir GEORGE L. GLYN, Bart., Mr. R. O. MILLETT, to BARBARA PACKMAN, youngest daughter of the late Mr. CUTLER, of Ewell. At Brussels, on the 30th ult., the Rev. JOSEPH PHILIP KNIGHT, late curate at the Scilly Isles, to CAROLINE LAURA, widow of the late GORING RIDEOUT, Esq., formerly of the 86th Regiment. At Belize, Honduras Bay, on the 25th of October last, the Rev. HERBERT WESLEY HAINE, Wesleyan Missionary, to MARY, youngest daughter of the Rev. N. SIBLEY, of Tavistock. At Mary Church, on the 30th ult., T. COLLARD, Esq., of Tavistock, to ANNE, youngest daughter of M. SKINNER, Esq., of Belle Ville, St. Mary Church. At Clawton, Devon, on the 25th ult., Mr. MATTHEW COLE, of Ugworthy Farm, Holsworthy, to MARY, second daughter of ARSCOTT BRAUND, Esq., of the former place. DEATHS. At Rose Cottage, near Truro, on the 1st instant, Mr. SUTTER, aged 7s years. At Truro, on Sunday last, after a short illness, HARRIET, relict of the late Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, aged 64 years. At Truro, on Monday last, Mr. JOHN BARRETT, boot and shoe maker, aged 56 years. At Truro, on Monday last, JANE MICHELL, infant daughter of Mr. CROWLE, draper. At West Belair, in the parish of Mylor, on the 22nd ult., Mr. RICHARD JAMES, aged 59 years. At Penwerris Terrace, in the parish of Budock, after a short illness, Mrs. HOSKEN, aged 63[?] years. At Gunwalloe, on Monday last, THOMAS HENRY, infant son of Mr. J. MURROW, coast guard officer. At Penzance, on the 1st instant, WILLIAM, only son of Mr. WILLIAM MASLIN, aged 5 years; on Friday, the wife of Mr. SAMUEL CURNOW, aged 2 years; and the wife of Mr. GEORGE BADCOCK, aged 35 years; on Sunday, Mr. PETER DINGEY, blacksmith, of Truro, aged 21 years; and on Tuesday, MATTHEW, youngest son of Mr. JOHN CLIMO, aged 5 years. At Madron, on the 31st ult., Mr. EDWARD HOLLOW, aged 75 years. At Treway, in the parish of Zennor, Mr. NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER, farmer, aged 87 years. At Nancledrea, in the parish of Ludgvan, on the 25th ult., Mr. MADREN TREMBATH, aged 17 years. At Embla, in the parish of Towednack, on Sunday last, Mrs. JANE WALISH, aged 72 years. At Camborne, on the 31st ult., the infant daughter of Mr. E. RAWLINGS, butcher; on the 1st instant, Mr. FRANCIS HARRIS, aged 51 years; and Mr. JOHN HOCKING, aged 79 years. At Treswithen, near Camborne, on Monday last, MARY ANN, daughter of Mr. W. BOASE, aged 22 years. At Redruth, on Friday last, the widow of Mr. JOHN MICHELL, mason, aged 90 years; on Sunday, the eldest daughter of Mr. JAMES BRAY, mason, aged 7 years; and on Wednesday, Mr. PHILIP KNUCKEY, tailor, aged 65 years. At Bissick, in the parish of Ladock, on Wednesday last, after a lingering illness, respected and lamented by all who knew him, Mr. HASSELWOOD, of the Falmouth Arms Inn, aged 55 years. At St. Austell, on Wednesday last, the wife of Mr. HORATIO BURROWS, gardener. At Fowey, after a lingering illness, OLIVIA, relict of the late Commander THOMAS WILLIAM NICHOLLS, R. N. At Fowey, on Saturday last, JOSEPH, son of Mr. WILLIAM RICHARDS, aged 6 years. At St. Neot Vicarage, on the 1st instant, HORATIO GLYNN GRYLLS, Lieutenant in H.M. 64th Regiment, second surviving son of the Rev. HENRY GRYLLS, Vicar of St. Neot, aged 23 years. At Padstow, on Saturday last, JOANNA, wife of Mr. JOHN HAWKE, aged 44 years. At Launceston, on the 26th ult., Mr. JOHN SMALE, formerly a hatter in that town, aged 67 years. At Torpoint, on the 30th ult., Mr. JOSEPH COLE, formerly of the Victualling Office, aged 72 years. At the Cobre Mines, Cuba, on the 2nd of November, Capt. HENRY CLIFF, formerly of Camborne, aged 33 years. At Devonport, on the 1st instant, Mr. GEORGE GRAVE, custom-house broker, son of the late Mr. J. GRAVE, of the Mount Edgcumbe Arms, Cremill, aged 31 years. At Cockermouth, on the 27th ult., ROBERT ADDISON BYERS, M.D., Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, aged 27 years. At Stonehouse Cottage, near Stroud Gloucestershire, on the 31st ult., after a long and serious illness, MARY, widow of the Rev. WILLIAM PRICE LEWIS, of New House, near Cardiff, Glamorganshire. On the 10th ult., at sea, on board the R. M. S. "Avon," invalided from the R. M. S. "Esk." At St. Thomas, West Indies, ROBERT, only son of Mr. DYER, of the Norfolk Hotel, Surrey Street, London.

Oops! not sure what happened to the links, I'll try again, if it doesn't work can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong please? http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-89,23 4,176,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON14-1-38,23 6,66,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON14-1-38,23 6,67,L,80 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/1843/mi sc/mar.html -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Julie & Graeme Wheeler Sent: Saturday, 4 September 2010 9:13 AM To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Family Research - John Tremain(e) Hi Ruth, I do have info on John Tremaine here are some links for you to look at. They are the relevant Tasmanian archive pages. TREMAIN, John / VDL-18 May 1848 / Mount Stuart Elphinstone 2 Feb 1848 / Cornwall Assizes 22 Mar 1843 / 14 / 24 / OPC : West Briton, March 1843 - John Tremaine (18) charged with stealing a pair of trowsers, a pair of boots, a pair of half-boots, and a hat, the property of Nicholas May, of the parish of St Austell. Mr May stated prisoner had been in his service and left on 21st instant, and after he left the items were found to be missing, and John Hoare went after him and found the things in prisoners hands. Guilty. Former conviction. Sentenced to Fourteen Years Transportation / Tas Archives - Conduct Report, transported for stealing apparel - Indent, single, stealing a pair of boots per Nicholas Bray at St Austell; previous 6 months; labourer; native of St Austell, Cornwall; Family - (mother) Jane; (b) John; (s) Elizabeth, Anne http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-89,23 4,176,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON14-1-38,23 6,66,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON14-1-38,23 6,67,L,80 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/1843/mi sc/mar.html If you can give me info on his life after arriving here I will add it to the notes. Cheers Julie The Camborne Girl now in NSW Extracting the Cornish convicts who were transported to Australia -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan Briant Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 6:58 PM To: CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Family Research - John Tremain(e) I am researching my Great Grandfather John TREMAIN(E). He was tried at Bodmin Cornwall on 22 March 1843 for stealing some items of apparel and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Another prior conviction was made against him, but details are not known. In 1848 he was granted "Ticket of Leave" status and exiled to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) Australia on the ship "Mount Stewart Elphinstone". He arrived in Hobart Tasmania on 18 May 1848. If possible I would be interested to know his age when convicted and his place of residence in Cornwall together with any other information on him if available. Perhaps Bodmin Gaol and/or Trial Records could be helpful if they could be accessed. I would be very grateful if anyone may be able to give advice and help me in this matter. Yours Sincerely, Ruth Briant, 141 Moroney Street, BAIRNSDALE, Victoria.3875, Australia. ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3110 - Release Date: 09/03/10 04:50:00 ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3110 - Release Date: 09/03/10 04:50:00

Hi Ruth, I do have info on John Tremaine here are some links for you to look at. They are the relevant Tasmanian archive pages. TREMAIN, John / VDL-18 May 1848 / Mount Stuart Elphinstone 2 Feb 1848 / Cornwall Assizes 22 Mar 1843 / 14 / 24 / OPC : West Briton, March 1843 - John Tremaine (18) charged with stealing a pair of trowsers, a pair of boots, a pair of half-boots, and a hat, the property of Nicholas May, of the parish of St Austell. Mr May stated prisoner had been in his service and left on 21st instant, and after he left the items were found to be missing, and John Hoare went after him and found the things in prisoners hands. Guilty. Former conviction. Sentenced to Fourteen Years Transportation / Tas Archives - Conduct Report, transported for stealing apparel - Indent, single, stealing a pair of boots per Nicholas Bray at St Austell; previous 6 months; labourer; native of St Austell, Cornwall; Family - (mother) Jane; (b) John; (s) Elizabeth, Anne http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON33-1-89,23 4,176,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON14-1-38,23 6,66,L,80 http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON14-1-38,23 6,67,L,80 http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wbritonad/cornwall/1843/mi sc/mar.html If you can give me info on his life after arriving here I will add it to the notes. Cheers Julie The Camborne Girl now in NSW Extracting the Cornish convicts who were transported to Australia -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Alan Briant Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 6:58 PM To: CORNISH-GEN@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Family Research - John Tremain(e) I am researching my Great Grandfather John TREMAIN(E). He was tried at Bodmin Cornwall on 22 March 1843 for stealing some items of apparel and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Another prior conviction was made against him, but details are not known. In 1848 he was granted "Ticket of Leave" status and exiled to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) Australia on the ship "Mount Stewart Elphinstone". He arrived in Hobart Tasmania on 18 May 1848. If possible I would be interested to know his age when convicted and his place of residence in Cornwall together with any other information on him if available. Perhaps Bodmin Gaol and/or Trial Records could be helpful if they could be accessed. I would be very grateful if anyone may be able to give advice and help me in this matter. Yours Sincerely, Ruth Briant, 141 Moroney Street, BAIRNSDALE, Victoria.3875, Australia. ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3110 - Release Date: 09/03/10 04:50:00

Hi again - I did a bit of research (mainly using Wikipedia), and found that it was the LANDER monument, built in Truro in 1835 to honour the Lander brothers, which failed. Interest was difficult to revive, and the planners had to settle for a less-imposing monument, according to the West Briton. The de Dunstanville monument tops Carn Brea; it's a 90 ft. (30m) celtic cross, built to honour Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville, in 1836. No wonder so many people in Illogan and nearby parishes supported the public subscriptions so well! Cheers. Julia Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org > > > ________________________________ > > From: jwmos99@msn.com > > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > > Subject: FW: Hugh Phillips, Illogen, and subscription > > Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 15:32:05 -0500 > > > > Hi Meli - > > > > The subject of the subscription was - > > De Dunstanville Memorial - A meeting of the Committee will be holden > > (sic) at Monday next, the 11th inst., at Twelve o'clock, at Pearce's > > Hotel, Truro. W. M. Tweedy, Secretary. > > > > Subscriptions are received by all the Bankers in the County, by the > > Members of the Committee, and by Messrs. Praeds and Co. bankers, > > London. > > > > Amount already advertised - 3,268 - 7 - 6 > > John Hext, Restormel - 5 - 0 - 0 > > Rev. D. Jenkins - 2 - 0 - 0 > > etc. > > > > The West Briton regularly kept track of various subscriptions - for > > individual and/or civic monuments, or community fund raising, etc. - > > and to encourage others to give money also, they'd publish the names > > and amounts of contributions. These amounts mentioned were generous, > > the better to encourage others, so this Hugh Phillips was definitely a > > person of "respectability", so to speak. This was a list of all the > > Illogen contributors, it seems. > > > > The de Dunstanville memorial was extremely well funded, but > > unfortunately, the footings of the memorial were faulty, and it > > collapsed. The committee then tried to obtain more funds, but by that > > time, other memorials became more important, and the memorial had to be > > built to a lesser design. > > > > Regards, > > > > Julia > > > > Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn > > Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell > > W. Briton newspaper transcripts at > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad > > Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org > > > > > >> > >> Hi, Y'all, > >> > >> On the OPC site I found the following transcription when I did a search on > >> HUGH PHILLIPS. [ The gentleman at the bottom of the list.] Can anyone > >> explain what the subscriptions are for and what the numbers mean following > >> their names? I am thinking this Hugh Phillips could be my great great > >> grandfather, as he was from Illogan during this time. > >> > >> > >> WEST BRITON ADVERTISER 08 Jan 1836 > >> Subscriptions are received by all the Bankers in the County, by the Members > >> of the Committee, and by Messrs. Praeds and Co. bankers, London. > >> > >> Amount already advertised - 3,268 - 7 - 6 > >> John Hext, Restormel - 5 - 0 - 0 > >> Rev. D. Jenkins - 2 - 0 - 0 > >> John Fox, Illogan - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Charles Paull, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Gen. Reynolds, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Arthur Trewartha, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Geroge Treglous, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Alfred Phillips, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Joseph Knight, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> John Richards, ditto - 1 - 0 - 0 > >> Hugh Phillips, ditto - 0 - 5 - 0 > >> > >> Thanks for any help.... Meli in Texas > >

I am researching my Great Grandfather John TREMAIN(E). He was tried at Bodmin Cornwall on 22 March 1843 for stealing some items of apparel and was sentenced to 14 years imprisonment. Another prior conviction was made against him, but details are not known. In 1848 he was granted "Ticket of Leave" status and exiled to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) Australia on the ship "Mount Stewart Elphinstone". He arrived in Hobart Tasmania on 18 May 1848. If possible I would be interested to know his age when convicted and his place of residence in Cornwall together with any other information on him if available. Perhaps Bodmin Gaol and/or Trial Records could be helpful if they could be accessed. I would be very grateful if anyone may be able to give advice and help me in this matter. Yours Sincerely, Ruth Briant, 141 Moroney Street, BAIRNSDALE, Victoria.3875, Australia.

October would fall in the December quarter.  The quarters are Jan -Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec.   You can order certificates online at the General Register Office https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp The details for this death are CORY, Willie       District Liskeard  Dec qtr Vol: 5c page: 44 The death certificate will give cause of death, date of death, place of death and name of informant. Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: Bob Marhenke <bobmarval@juno.com> To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, 3 September, 2010 19:03:48 Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] WILLIAM CORY/CORRY/COREY Thanks Joy, Would 28 Oct 1885 date be considered Dec Quarter.  I am guessing that is how I arrived at the December date.  Thanks for the reply. Question: How do I go about finding more information?  With a death certificate? if so, how is the best way to do that? Is the number on the database of any interest? Thanks again---Bob Marhenke On Fri, 3 Sep 2010 16:14:02 +0000 (GMT) Joy Langdon <joy.langdon@btopenworld.com> writes: > There is a burial of Willie CORY aged 15 at Liskeard  28 Oct 1885 on > the > Cornwall OPC database. > > http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ > > > Regards, > > Joy > > > > ________________________________ > From: Bob Marhenke <bobmarval@juno.com> > To: cornish-family-request@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, 2 September, 2010 21:21:54 > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] WILLIAM CORY/CORRY/COREY > > I have one child of JOHN and JANE CORY married 10 Feb 1850 in > CAMELFORD > that I do not have complete data, that being WILLIAM CORY born about > 1870 > at ST CLEER. I have found him in 1871 census living in ST CLEAR and > again > 1881 living in LISKEARD with his parents.  From some where I have > speculated that he died Dec 1885 at LISKEARD.  > > Does anyone have any information about William or have any ideas on > how > to make certain Dec 1885 is a good date.  Thanks for your > reply---Bob > Marhenke > ____________________________________________________________ > Compare Life Ins Rates > Protect Your Family Today for under $1/day. Quotes from top > providers > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c8007acbfafa10f4cem02duc > ------------------------------- > Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription > information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > >      > ------------------------------- > Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription > information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ EXPOSED: Make $99/hr Online BREAKING NEWS: People are beating the recession by working at home. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c8138eaaa815112f40m02duc ------------------------------- Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dear Alan, Sally Pocock has produced an index of all Bodmin Gaol prisoners. It is available for purchase on www.cornwallfhs.com site. It may be worth your while taking a look. You could also try looking in the West Briton for the period and that is on line for free through at www.cornwall-opc.org under associated projects. It is indexed and searchable and there were reports on all the quarter sessions. Regards, Susan in Wadebridge CFHS 9508 OPC for St Merryn, St Ervan, St Eval, St Mawgan & St Columb Major Parish Reconstruction up to 1891 on St Merryn, St Ervan, St Eval, St Mawgan, Padstow, St Issey, Little Petherick, St Wenn, Withiel, Egloshayle, St Breock, St Columb Major & Minor, Newlyn East, St Kew, St Mabyn & St Tudy http://cornwall-opc.org/ http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/ No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3111 - Release Date: 09/03/10 07:34:00

There is a burial of Willie CORY aged 15 at Liskeard  28 Oct 1885 on the Cornwall OPC database. http://www.cornwall-opc-database.org/ Regards, Joy ________________________________ From: Bob Marhenke <bobmarval@juno.com> To: cornish-family-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, 2 September, 2010 21:21:54 Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] WILLIAM CORY/CORRY/COREY I have one child of JOHN and JANE CORY married 10 Feb 1850 in CAMELFORD that I do not have complete data, that being WILLIAM CORY born about 1870 at ST CLEER. I have found him in 1871 census living in ST CLEAR and again 1881 living in LISKEARD with his parents.  From some where I have speculated that he died Dec 1885 at LISKEARD.  Does anyone have any information about William or have any ideas on how to make certain Dec 1885 is a good date.  Thanks for your reply---Bob Marhenke ____________________________________________________________ Compare Life Ins Rates Protect Your Family Today for under $1/day. Quotes from top providers http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c8007acbfafa10f4cem02duc ------------------------------- Listmom:  ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message